Ireland balances the listing ship

If the ACANZP GS Covenant debate lurched one way, then, thankfully the Church of Ireland has lurched the other! With H/T to Thinking Anglicans, here is an interesting paragraph from here.

"APPENDIX B
THE CHURCH OF IRELAND RESPONSE TO THE RIDLEY CAMBRIDGE DRAFT OF THE ANGLICAN COVENANT

Having considered Section 4 of the Draft Anglican Covenant very carefully, and bearing in mind a full range of points of view, we believe that the text of Section 4 as it stands commends itself in the current circumstances. The term ‘Joint Standing Committee’ clearly needs to be updated following its re-styling at ACC-14. We appreciate the work of the former Covenant Design Group, not least in taking into account the Church of Ireland’s views, and encourage the Archbishop of Canterbury and his new group under the chairmanship of the Archbishop of Dublin as they seek to conclude the work on the text of the Covenant."

This Appendix is in a CofI Standing Committee report which was debated at its recent General Synod.